Verney, Thomas Pygot, senior, John Cheyne, Thomas Langston, Ralph Lane and Thomas Palmer) was granted to Denys and Thomas Wolverston by the king on 21 May 1509. Portpool Manor (Gray's Inn) Holborn Hugh Denys, using the same system of enfeoffing others which had been common with the de Grays, purchased Gray's Inn, formally known as Portpool Manor, from Edmund Grey, 9th Baron Grey de Wilton (d. 1511) on 12 August 1506. His 10 feoffees were as follows and included some of Henry VII's close financial officers and courtiers: Edward Dudley, Roger Lupton (Clerk, Provost of Eton College, Canon of Windsor, later Master in Chancery.), Godfrey Toppes, Edward Chamberlayn, William Stafford, John Ernley( who became Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1519), Thomas Pygot,(King's Serjeant in 1513), Richard Broke (a future judge of the Court of Common Pleas), William Tey, and Michael Fysher. The property consisted of 4 messuages, 4 gardens, the site of a windmill, of land, 10 s. of rent and the advowson of Portpool Chantry. Gray's Inn, now one of the Inns of Court, was then just starting to be tenanted by lawyers, as a centre of the legal profession. The list of feoffees clearly demonstrates that these persons were close to royal power; so, once again, it is possible that this transaction was an investment of Privy Purse funds. Rushton, Eaton ("Ayton") and a moiety of the town of Tarporley, Cheshire Denys's involvement with these manors is revealed by Returns to Writ of Certiorari (Nat.Archives Cheshire 7/10): Hugh Denys, Edmund Dudley, Roger Lupton, John Ernley & Thomas Pygot Versus: Richard Grey, Earl of Kent, and Elizabeth, his wife. Re: manors of Rushton, Ayton, and a moiety of the Town of Tarporley. Pleas before the Justices of Chester returned into the Exchequer on a Writ of Certiorari. 1507-8 Corrodies held by Hugh Denys A Corrody was an annual charge on its income, originally a voucher issued by a Priory to pay board and lodging of founders while visiting, later monetised and used by kings as transferable pensions. It therefore originally represented a life long living allowance of about 1 loaf and a gallon of ale per day. Tywardreath Priory, Cornwall Tywardreath Priory was situated E. of St Austell, only vestiges remain today. A receipt document is held by Cornwall Archives acknowledging receipt by Hugh Denys of 33s 4d from the Prior of Trewardaff being